Housing bosses were today accused of "bulldozing people out of their homes" in the prelude to the multi million pound redevelopment of the run-down Ravenscliffe estate.

Home owner Michael Hennelly joined neighbour Mabel Smith in saying he will refuse to leave the house he owns in Roundwood Avenue unless he gets a better deal.

The owners are the last occupants in the avenue and both live beside vandalised boarded up houses. They have been approached by North Bradford Community Housing Trust which wants to buy their properties to clear the site.

Today Mr Hennelly, a retired scaffolder who lives in the semi with his wife Susan and ten-year-old granddaughter Jodie, said he had bought the property for £15,500 from Bradford Council in 1994.

But he said the trust, which took over the estate from the Council earlier this year, was offering him only £26,500.

"I have replaced windows and put in gates and paving and all that should have increased its value. Property prices have increased a lot since I bought it, and I reckon it should be worth at least £43,000."

He said the Trust had promised in a recent newsletter not to deduct value from properties because they were next to empty houses.

Mr Hennelly said he would accept a tenancy from the trust and move out providing he was given a fair price for the house.

"But I can't win because I can't even find a house as good as the one I already have.

"If I can't get a fair deal I won't move out and if I stay I would want the Trust to renovate the house next to me and put things right."

Mrs Smith bought her house for £20,000 in the 1980s but it has been valued by the district valuer at £29,000.

She has asked for a straight swap to a house in Greengates valued at £42,000 - which she says is worse than hers - but the Trust says it would be wrong use of public money.

About 200 homes could be demolished as the estate is redeveloped as new Holywell Village.

But tenants have also expressed concerns about the number of properties which could be pulled down.

The Trust says there is widespread consultation about all the proposals.

Tim Doyle, executive director of the North Bradford Trust, said: "We will be more than happy to discuss the fairness of the valuation with Mr Hennelly and to work with him if he is keen on a tenancy."